after using F9 for a while, the little icons to the right of the 2X2 desktop matrix go blank (white) These are (1) volume (2) network double monitor (3) little plug for kpowersave These are restored if I do ctrl-alt F1 ctrl-alt F7 learned this from a leprechaun $ kde4-config --version Qt: 4.4.3 KDE: 4.1.2 (KDE 4.1.2) kde4-config: 1.0 $ uname -r 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686 yes I reported this to kde -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines